School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Water Res. 2023 Sep 1;243:120376. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120376. Epub 2023 Jul 17.
Membrane distillation (MD) for water desalination and purification has been gaining prominence to address the issues relating to water security and the destruction of aquatic ecosystems globally. Recent advances in electrospun membranes for MD application have improved antifouling and anti-wetting performance. However, the environmental impacts associated with producing novel electrospun membranes still need to be clarified. It is imperative to quantify and analyze the tradeoffs between membrane performance and impacts at the early stages of research on these novel membranes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an appropriate tool to systematically account for environmental performance, all the way from raw material extraction to the disposal of any product, process, or technology. The inherent lack of detailed datasets for emerging technologies contributes to significant uncertainties, making the adoption of traditional LCA challenging. A dynamic LCA (dLCA) is performed to guide the sustainable design and selection of emerging electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) electrospun membrane (E-PH) and hybridizing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) on E-PH membrane (E-PDMS) for dyeing wastewater treatment technologies. The associated environmental impacts are related to the high energy demands required for fabricating electrospun nanofibrous membranes. After LCA analysis, the E-PDMS membrane emerges as a promising membrane, due to the relatively low impact/benefit ratio and the high performance achieved in treating dyeing wastewater.
用于海水淡化和净化的膜蒸馏 (MD) 技术在解决与水安全和全球水生生态系统破坏相关的问题方面受到了越来越多的关注。最近在用于 MD 应用的静电纺丝膜方面的进展提高了抗污染和抗润湿性能。然而,生产新型静电纺丝膜相关的环境影响仍需要澄清。在研究这些新型膜的早期阶段,定量和分析膜性能与影响之间的权衡关系至关重要。生命周期评估 (LCA) 是一种适当的工具,可以系统地从原材料提取到任何产品、过程或技术的处置,来考虑环境性能。新兴技术缺乏详细数据集导致了重大不确定性,使得传统 LCA 的采用具有挑战性。进行动态 LCA (dLCA) 以指导新兴聚偏二氟乙烯-共-六氟丙烯 (PVDF-HFP) 静电纺丝膜 (E-PH) 和静电纺丝 PDMS (E-PDMS) 膜的可持续设计和选择,用于处理染色废水处理技术。相关的环境影响与制造静电纺纳米纤维膜所需的高能量需求有关。经过 LCA 分析,E-PDMS 膜成为一种有前途的膜,因为它在处理染色废水中的性能较高,但影响/效益比相对较低。
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